Davenport, Iowa Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Davenport Housing Commission (DHC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is opening soon.

The DHC will accept applications for this waiting list from September 20, 2022 at 9:00 am, until September 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm CT.

To apply during the opening period, in person applications are accepted at the River’s Edge, located at 700 West River Drive, Davenport, Iowa (This location is accessible to persons with disabilities).

The maximum income limit for each household size are available here.

This waiting list has the following preference:

• HUD or Davenport OAH Targeted Populations – This preference is reserved for HUD targeted populations or OAH targeted populations which currently include VASH program participants in Davenport that no longer need VA case management but still require a Section 8 voucher and Davenport Public Housing program participants that have been on the program for 3 years or more, have been model tenants, and still require rental assistance and make written request to move to the housing choice voucher program. Weighting value = 10,000,000 points.
• Current Davenport Residents. Weighting value = 1,000,000 points.
• Those Displaced by Natural Disaster or Code Enforcement Action. Weighting value = 200,000 points.
• Elderly Persons 62 years of age and older. Weighting value = 30,000 points.
• Disabled Persons and their families. Weighting value = 4,000 points.
• Families with children 5 years of age and under. Weighting value = 500 points.
• Working Families. Weighting value = 60 points.
• Foster Youth to Independence (FYI). Weighting value 11,000,000 points.
• All other families who do not meet the above criteria for a local preference but still meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the Section 8 program receive no additional weighting and will have their application ranked only by date and time of application. Weighting value therefore = 0 points.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the DHC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DHC public notice on September 15, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Davenport, Iowa.

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via the Housing Choice Voucher Office know by email [email protected] or by phone (563-326-7899) by Friday, September 16, 2022.